Page 190 of The Defiant Curse

He didn’t mince words.

“Oh, maybe the one where YOU LOOK EXACTLY LIKE DUNCAN’S DEAD WIFE? No one is going to bring that up? That Elizabeth and Ceit could be twins?”

She snorted.

“Oh, that big pink elephant,” she said, amused.

Ethan paused while chewing.

“Wait. What?” he asked.

Michael clued him in.

“Apparently, they found a painting with Callum on it, and underneath the chipped paint was another painting. It was Ceit. Elizabeth and Ceit are doppelgängers and that was when the whole thing started up.”

He stared at his wife.

“So, the painting in the foyer, of Elizabeth standing in front of Ravensmire, isn’t Elizabeth. It’s Ceit?” he asked. “I thought Callen had it commissioned to make her love this place.”

They all laughed.

“Well, unless Callen is a reincarnation of Duncan, circa sixteen hundreds, nope. That’s the portrait Duncan had done to hang here. His is in the dining room over the fireplace. I didn’t notice until now, but there are no paintings with Duncan AND Ceit in them together,” Graham said. “That was something we missed, too. Add in that they painted Callum as a young lad over it…”

Well, holy shit.

They all nodded.

Michael was in his food glory, but he shared with Ethan what else had happened surrounding the painting.

“When we put it up, everything calmed down. Now, not so much. We think that Elizabeth showing up is calling to Ceit, and now she wants her mystery really solved. We put her bones back, but we didn’t finish this.”

Well, shit.

Ethan didn’t like that either, and for a plethora of reasons. It made him nervous.

Like HOW was that possible?

“Even her eyes?” he asked. “Elizabeth has very distinct eyes. That icy blue isn’t common.”

Oh, they were aware.

“You saw the painting, didn’t you?” Michael asked. “Imagine our surprise."

Oh, boy.

“And Duncan didn’t like her?” he asked. “For whatever reason?”

Gabby nodded as she ate.

“Apparently, because like we missed, and like Elizabeth stated, something went south, and he wanted her gone. He allowed Ciarán to have her buried outside of the castle for some reason. We thought it was because two was company, but three was a crowd.”

She laughed.

“Uh, in my bed, five is company, and any less is boring as fuck,” she admitted.

Gabby opened her mouth, and Finn wasn’t having it.

“Lass, don’t. I know that look, and it’s going to be followed with a bunch of nosey questions that we do NOT need a picture painted of,” he admitted.